Interesting Day

Well Steve finally got to feel his first 2 earthquakes today. The first one was a 4.0 and the second a 3.8. They were short ones and only really rocked the house for 2 seconds for the one that came in the afternoon and 5 seconds for the one in the evening. I had just finished cooking dinner and Steve and I had just settled down to eat when the last one occurred.

Gaming Issues

I have finally come to a decision on a few of my gaming addictions, I need to cut a few down and pretty much try to limit myself. I find a few things that I have enjoyed over the years becoming too overwhelming. I became depressed when I could no longer pay for my World of Warcraft account, I tried the whole free to play thing with Blizzard but they limit you so much it makes the game really a pain to play. Also the game is causing massive lag issues on my system, a old game like WoW if they want to keep players active, they need to start thinking more customer friendly and believe me I have spent the time to talk with Blizzard on occasion to not forget the little guy on the dual core computer that constantly blue screens when they try to enjoy their gaming experience. To that I was told those people just need to get better computers. Yeah like it is that easy to just throw away hundreds if not thousands of dollars on a new computer just to play a game that dates back to 2004. Which hasn't changed too much since its release. I mean they did try with Cataclysm but it left me with thinking they could have done so much more with the story line and the changes to Azeroth. Also what in the hell were they thinking when they put in Archeology, as a paying player I could never get myself to even level it past the early stages. Now the introduction to cash shop items that are bind on equip, is taking things a little bit too far. I feel if they want to go that route they might want to rethink their game and perhaps start working towards an Allods or Perfect World set up. At least in Perfect World you can actually purchase stuff with your achievement points. With WoW all you have is a number by your name in the armory! Oh soooooo cool!

After being called an idiot by someone also, I have decided that things have to change. Because perhaps that person is right. I know that I will probably subscribe in the future, but for now I truly can't fathom playing as a restricted player. Hanging with friends, is a good thing and I will miss that, but if people want to contact me they know how to find me. For now I will say adios to all my characters on the Azjol Nerub server and will end up playing on Astral til things change. Idiot or not I have to face the music, bite my lip and just press on. Sadly in this day and age gaming to me is a luxury that sometimes you just have to yank from the budget.